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Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi County, Kenya

- Refactored existing codebases by identifying performance bottlenecks such as inefficient rendering methods, large bundle sizes, and redundant computations and implementing techniques like lazy loading, code splitting reducing page load time by 15%.- Built dynamic, fully responsive websites using React and Next Js, adhering to modern design principles such as mobile-first development and modular architecture providing seamless user experiences across devices and achieved high Lighthouse performance scores for speed, accessibility, and SEO.- Transitioned from using resource-heavy jQuery animations to lightweight, fluid animations with Framer Motion and GSAP, significantly improving user interactions. The custom animations boosted engagement metrics, leading to a 20% increase in time spent on the page and a reduction in bounce rates.- Built a custom server-side rendering solution with Next Js leveraging the metaframework’s SSR capabilities to pre-render pages and optimize metadata for search engines, improving SEO by 25% and reducing bounce rates.

Nairobi County, Kenya

- Wrote unit tests using Jest for JavaScript and JUnit for Java-based services covering various edge cases and scenarios to ensure reliability and maintainability.- Improved API response time by 40% through factoring the API architecture; I implemented database indexing, query optimization, and redis caching for frequently accessed data.- Participated in code reviews to learn clean coding standards allowing me to refine my understanding of clean code principles such as SOLID, DRY, and KISS, and adopt these standards in my own work.- Contributed to a system overhaul that improved system stability, reducing downtime by 40%.- Increased application scalability through the implementation of microservices by breaking the application into smaller, independent services enabling horizontal scaling of critical components, which allowed the system to support a growing number of users and workloads with minimal performance degradation.- Optimized the front-end and back-end code for improved performance by analyzing both front-end and back-end application performance metrics, identifying opportunities for optimization across the stack, fine-tuning SQL queries, reducing API payloads, implementing caching mechanisms I managed to enhance load times by 20%.